Crocus February 2011

[tonyg]

Here is what I have as C imperati albus flowering for the first time. Not as striking as plain imperati but nice nevertheless

I grow the same thing under the same name - got it from Wallis's I think.  It is nice but looks very like C malyi to me, I MUST get both side by side and compare properly .... but that's a bit like getting both children to sit still at the same time

[tonyg]

Crocus carpetanus this evening.

Magnificent - thank you!  Please send some of the blue sky here

[Graeme Strachan]

A couple of photos from today. C. sieberi Ronald Ginns and C.biflorus tauri

              Graeme

[tonyg]

It certainly is!
The sun brought new crocus out here also:

This is a late reply - sorry.
The Crocus tommasinianus 'Bobbo' is super.  I have some in flower which I raised from seed .... VERY surprised to find they breed true.  In my experience seed raised progeny of special Tommies usually produce something completely different!
The Crocus minimus is a nice potful but are they healthy?  I ditched my trade form a while ago - curly petals, blotchy leaves = virus.

[ian mcenery]

Here is what I have as C imperati albus flowering for the first time. Not as striking as plain imperati but nice nevertheless

I grow the same thing under the same name - got it from Wallis's I think.  It is nice but looks very like C malyi to me, I MUST get both side by side and compare properly .... but that's a bit like getting both children to sit still at the same time

Tony this came from the same source as yours and  I did wonder myself but white ones don't always display the id characteristics and the stigma length and colour fits with malyi  If you come to a decision let me know.

[annew]

Tony, no sign of any problems on the minimus. I'll send you some later. Still don't know correct ID. Must do a search.

[Lesley Cox]

Cvijicii will definitely be crossed by what I know as 'Bowles' White' sieberi. Seedlings were all white but shaped like cvijicii or pale yellow.

[Martin Baxendale]

Cvijicii will definitely be crossed by what I know as 'Bowles' White' sieberi. Seedlings were all white but shaped like cvijicii or pale yellow.

That's interesting Lesley. I thought I'd read that sieberi 'Bowles' White' was sterile. But I may be wrong. Anyway, useful to know that cvijicii and sieberi will cross.

[Tony Willis]

Having earlier seen David's and now Graeme's picture of Crocus sieberi Ronald Ginns, and bearing in mind that Ray Cobb who named it is a friend, I do wonder what drives the need to keep naming perfectly ordinary forms of plants which I often think have no particular merit. I think if you have seen a hillside covered in this species you would not have picked that one out to photograph.

[tonyg]

Having earlier seen David's and now Graeme's picture of Crocus sieberi Ronald Ginns, and bearing in mind that Ray Cobb who named it is a friend, I do wonder what drives the need to keep naming perfectly ordinary forms of plants which I often think have no particular merit. I think if you have seen a hillside covered in this species you would not have picked that one out to photograph.

I agree. The variation in C sieberi must be almost infinite and this is not an exceptional form.  One of us could ask Ray but I am aware that he puts the name of the person who gave him the corm/s on his plant labels.  Perhaps this one has acquired a name because Ray got it from Ronald rather than because he selected it with a view to naming it?

[Tony Willis]

No it was not becasue of the name on the label. I think I remember seeing it in his greenhouse and asking him why he thought it was special. I also think we agreed to differ.
Boring Sunday afternoon and I am decorating which gives me time to think and I was just raising the point that lots of mediocre plants seem to be named for no reason. I will not even start on galanthus.

[Gerry Webster]

I was just raising the point that lots of mediocre plants seem to be named for no reason. I will not even start on galanthus.

Couldn't agree more Tony.

[alpinelover]

Many nice crocusses here, i have some more,

Crocus sieberi ‘Hubert edelsten’ (photo 1 and 2)
Crocus 'Vanguard' (foto 3)
Crocus 'Miss Vain' (foto 4)
Crocus 'Goldilocks' (foto 5)

[David Nicholson]

I was just raising the point that lots of mediocre plants seem to be named for no reason. I will not even start on galanthus.

Couldn't agree more Tony.

Tony, would you think similarly about C. sieberi Hubert Edelsten?

[Maggi Young]

We were just discussing with a visitor today how much we all like C. sieberi Hubert Edelsten    Beautiful crocus!